jiko1

Super inspiring! Thanks so much for sharing. Their process is definitely flawed and unfair in many ways...

Confirmed its 21 days by someone who got the award. So 21 March is the deadline.

We have to wait and see what happens in the week after the deadline ends for the funded applicants.. I thought it was something like 21 days, not sure where I saw that number. Maybe its for the doctoral students.

Oh they did! Maybe I was just unlucky to speak with someone who wouldn't tell me. There is something strange that they told me last time we spoke: they kept saying that "there is no waitlist" _ I am not sure what they mean by that. One of the message I posted here from them implied there is a waitlist, but then it got repeated twice that there is no waitlist. Maybe they are saying that so that we don't keep our hopes up? No idea. Would you have an idea about the deadline the winners have to respond?

Interesting. Thanks!

Hello everyone, Does anyone know if people in the previous years obtained an alternate award due to winners rejecting their awards? Does that ever happen?

They flat out refused to answer me again today! I will stop trying. I just wanted to know what was the last funded score in my committee. Impossible to know. We can't even know our rank regardless of the awards... And yes I think you are correct. It is not only about score. There's a "flux" of things we can't really be sure of lol I looked for info about previous years on how alternates work, found nothing.

Hello everyone, Ive been waitlisted this year for the sshrc postdoc (recommended but not funded). Does anyone have any info on wether alternate awards are possible? I haven't seen a post related to people getting an alternate award.

There is this one guy who sued them (and won) a few years ago for being so secretive and vague about their process. It seems they are still vague and it got worse this year because we can't know our rank. What is the score of the last funded application? They dont even say. And Ive been pondering on what they mean by "flux", i think the alternate awards do not necessarily go to the next in line highest ranked.

Hello everyone, I tried finding out what my position was on the waitlist but I only got this response: "SSHRC retains a pool of alternate candidates recommended for funding by committee members in the event that additional funds become available. In addition, the funding provided by SSHRC’s partners in the context of joint initiatives may occasionally allow us to offer awards to meritorious candidates who indicated interest at the time of application but who were not offered an award. SSHRC cannot predict if and when additional offers can be made, as these offers depend on a variety of factors which change from year to year. In the event that funding becomes available, offers will be made in such a way as to maintain the success rate across the selection committees." What does that mean exactly? I have a hard time understanding. They wouldn't tell me my rank or position. Fyi I got 15.47/18 with committee 3, not granted obviously..